S&OP Analyst

Imperial Brands PLC
is seeking a dynamic
S&OP Analyst
to join our Cluster Supply Chain team and play a pivotal role in strengthening forecasting accuracy and ensuring reliable product availability across
Andorra & Gibraltar
.

In this highly collaborative role, you will gather, analyze, and communicate demand-driving insights—from new product launches to sales activities - to ensure our Global Supply Chain Demand Planning team receives timely, transparent, and unbiased inputs.

As the central link between Cluster functions and the Global SC Hub (DRP & Demand Planning), you will transform market intelligence into clear forecast guidance that drives smarter decisions and seamless supply.

You will also contribute to key business planning processes, including
Integrated Business Planning
(IBP) and
Integrated Tactical Planning
(ITP), helping to steer market supply, stock levels, and operational execution.

Location:
Madrid - Hybrid (within country)
Principal Accountabilities

• Lead the collection, analysis, and communication of demand drivers - including sales activities, NPI launches, marketing actions, and replenishment volumes - to support accurate forecasting.
• Serve as the key Cluster contact for DRP and Global Demand Planning teams, ensuring demand drivers, phase-in/phase-out plans, and stock requirements are reflected correctly in forecasts.
• Support and prepare for monthly IBP and weekly ITP cycles, ensuring alignment across markets, highlighting forecast variances, and coordinating required adjustments.
• Monitor stock levels, slow-moving and aged inventory, and air freight/NTM/FG write-offs, recommending mitigation actions to avoid out-of-stocks and optimize supply.
• Represent the Cluster in Weekly Demand Control, Weekly Risk Review, and ITP meetings, communicating risks, insights, and scenario plans.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Insights, Finance, and Supply Chain teams to ensure synchronized planning and execution of market activities and operational projects.

Skills and Experience Required

• Relevant experience in Supply Chain functions, ideally within
  Demand or Supply Planning
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills; ability to work cross-functionally in a global environment.
• Fluency in English and Spanish.
• Experience in data analysis and working with multi-functional, multi-cultural teams.
• Proficiency in
  Excel, SAP, and Power BI
  .
• Experience working across interfaces and complex organizational structures.

What We Offer
In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs
Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us
We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we're fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.